Boy name origins & meanings
- German : Strong as a bow
Family name origins & meanings
- Scottish : habitational name from a place in Fife, first recorded as Bolgyne. The modern Gaelic name is Srath ‘(valley)’ Bhalgaidgh. The origin of the place name is uncertain. Watson suggests a connection with Gaelic bolg ‘bag’, ‘sack’, in the sense ‘bag-shaped pool’.
